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Table 1 Healthcare utilization, Health burden, and PS proportion before and after 2009 health reform

From: Health care utilization and affordability among older people following China’s 2009 health reform -- evidence from CHARLS pilot study

Variables

All

2008

2012

P

Panel A: Zhejiang

 Outpatient

  % of outpatient visit, %

22.72

21.72

23.86

0.500

  Frequency of outpatient visits, mean(SD)

2.46 (0.12)

2.64 (0.19)

2.26 (0.16)

0.133

  OOP-to-THEs %, mean(SD)

86.95 (1.44)

90.74 (1.97)

82.51 (2.56)

0.004

  PS-to-THEs %, mean(SD)

81.89 (1.89)

86.86 (2.03)

76.30 (2.84)

0.000

 Inpatient

  % of being hospitalized, %

11.86

8.40

15.85

0.000

  Frequency of hospitalization, mean(SD)

1.34 (0.05)

1.27 (0.06)

1.38 (0.07)

0.306

  OOP-to-THEs%, mean(SD)

61.02 (2.51)

61.24 (3.97)

60.88 (3.17)

0.552

  PS-to-THEs%, mean(SD)

55.68 (3.66)

54.19 (6.44)

56.74 (3.99)

0.910

Panel B: Gansu

 Outpatient

  % of outpatient visit, %

20.11

17.93

22.43

0.011

  Frequency of outpatient visits, mean(SD)

2.16 (0.11)

2.09 (0.16)

2.22 (0.14)

0.537

  OOP-to-THEs%, mean(SD)

74.76 (5.00)

77.89 (5.66)

71.83 (5.11)

0.226

  PS-to-THEs%, mean(SD)

69.25 (2.52)

79.25 (2.93)

61.20 (3.83)

0.004

 Inpatient

  % of being hospitalized, %

6.91

6.63

7.22

0.104

  Frequency of hospitalization, mean(SD)

1.24 (0.08)

1.13 (0.40)

1.33 (0.13)

0.203

  OOP-to-THEs%, mean(SD)

61.41 (4.77)

61.78 (6.80)

60.99 (5.05)

0.624

  PS-to-THEs%, mean(SD)

41.68 (4.48)

41.51 (4.28)

41.88 (7.17)

0.806

  1. The proportions reported in the table are weighted proportions. The means reported in the table are weighted means, and robust standard errors (Ses) are in parentheses, all stratified by county level and clustered at PSU. χ2 tests for dichotomous variables and t-tests for continuous variables